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Navigating A Graduate Career as a Dance MFA or PhD Student

Navigating a graduate career in dance can be challenging. MFA and Ph.D. students may find themselves with very different needs. We are often at a strange crossroads between the arts and humanities. Still, your cohort and other colleagues within the program can be a great support network. (Thanks to all our alumni who contributed their...
By Kelly Bowker | | Advice, Academics & Research
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What I Learned at Academic Development Day

Academic Development Day (ADD), our first of three annual GradSuccess professional development events, took place on Friday, November 15. During ADD we learned about the academic job market, interview tips, securing post-doctoral positions, and much more! Unable to attend but still interested in the valuable information other graduate students got out of the day? Read...
By Tyler Womack | | Professionalization, Academics & Research
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GradQuant Programming in Fall

Are you new to graduate school and just starting a project? Are you deep into your research and analyzing data even in your dreams? Don’t feel alone or overwhelmed; GradQuant is here to help. GradQuant offers training to UCR graduate students and postdoctoral researchers on probability and statistical inference, statistical software and computing, data management...
By Yelda Serin | | Academics & Research, Support Services
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Coming up this Fall in the Graduate Writing Center

Greetings new and returning UCR graduate students! [ Image Description: Stitch, from Lilo and Stich, smiles and waves his claws as he smiles to reveal all his teeth. He says, "Hi!"] Pictured: A warm welcome from the GWC. Fall 2019 is fast approaching and the Graduate Writing Center (GWC) wants to remind you of some...
By Lauren Hammond | | Writing, Academics & Research
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Welcome Your New GradSuccess Team!

In another sign that summer is on its way out, we welcomed the new members of the 2019-20 GradSuccess team this week. We are thrilled they’ve joined us and want to let you know a little bit more about the folks who’ll be bringing you the GradSuccess programs and events you know and love in...
By Hillary Jenks | | Academics & Research